Parents force girl to drink homemade hot sauce despite her allergy to it because she put 'ink on the cat,' cops say

A Florida antheral and pistillate allegedly forced their girl to portion homemade blistery condiment contempt the information that she is allergic to it arsenic punishment for putting "ink connected the cat."

Robert Elderidge, 38, and Ashley Elderidge, 37, each basal accused of abusing their girl successful Cocoa, a metropolis immoderate 45 miles eastbound of Orlando. According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit reviewed by Law& Crime, the probe began connected Thursday erstwhile the miss told a schoolhouse assets serviceman astir the abuse. A kid extortion squad coordinator interviewed the miss astir what her parents allegedly did to her.

"They whoop maine with a loop … a woody spoon," she told cops.

She pointed to her near thigh and said she suffered bruises and welts from being deed with a manus and loop by her father, the affidavit said. Asked wherefore she was disciplined, she said it was due to the fact that of "ink connected the cat" and that it was "only portion of an experiment," cops wrote. She said she was struck 15 times with a hand, per the affidavit.

The miss besides said her parent created homemade blistery condiment from "red peppers, onions and oil" and forced her to ingest a spoonful adjacent though she is allergic to it, the ailment stated. This occurred connected 10 antithetic occasions, per cops.

"According to the victim, erstwhile she doesn't privation to portion the blistery sauce, 'Ashley' would clasp [the victim's] chemoreceptor closed, which prevented her from being capable to breathe," cops wrote. "The unfortunate stated that the blistery condiment made her tummy wounded and causes her to vomit."

A doc who examined her determined she suffered from "bizarre" carnal abuse, according to police. The doc besides recovered galore injuries connected the victim, including bruises and 3 "long, parallel welts connected her backmost thigh," officers wrote.

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Cops spoke with Robert Elderidge and helium allegedly said that helium "whooped her a—." He claimed helium "intended to onslaught her buttocks but that helium struck her legs instead," the affidavit said. Ashley Elderidge allegedly admitted to feeding the miss blistery condiment due to the fact that she lied astir putting the ink connected the cat.

Both parents were arrested and taken to the Brevard County Jail, wherever they stay connected a $5,000 bond. Their adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for April 7.